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lit' raid- aiiil hiinUibiae with tew njuiies, the long terminal one more than halt' the 

 length (if the first tarsal segment. Abdominal tergites with spines all over. 



Wings, fdiorc. Forewing greyish pink, slightl}' darker in outer area ; outer 



margin straight ; two black dots near base, with an indistinet line proximally of 

 them ; a straight line just proximally of base of M-, at right angles to hindmargin, 

 very faintly bent costad in front, a double line proximally of base of M', less heavy, 

 consisting of three sections, costal section down to M straight, second section 

 between M and SM- slightly concave, third section straight and ob]i(jue, leaning 

 basad posteriorly ; a double line at D, stopping at 11^ ; a well-marked discal line 

 crossing SC° 1| mm. and M- OJ mm. from the base.s of these veins, gently curved 

 twice, being feebly convex between (' and W and then faintly concave ; close upon 

 the discal line (and parallel with it) follow two thin lines of which the second is 

 barely traceable, tlicn follow two undulate lines, parallel to one another, distance 

 between them about 3 mm., the outer one reaching internal margin 5 mm. from 

 angle of wing ; outside this line there is a short heavy bar between M- and internal 



margin, subdivided at SM'- ; the lines pinkish chestnut. Hindwing : base and 



abdomimil area red, this colour gradually shading into the pinkisli hazel colour of 

 the distal half; a discal line crossing R' 'i mm. from the cell, convex in front, 

 slightly concave behind, hazel colour ; a chestnut bar of 1 mm. breadth at anal 

 angle between M- and edge of wing, at tlie proximal side of which bar stands a 

 thin line ; U'- not much longer than Dl 



Undeniidi'. Forewing : basal half pale pink, outer half ochraceous-butf, with 



numerous tawny scales ; three lines in outer half, more distinct in front, very feebly 

 marked behind, all curving slightly costad, the first crossing R' 3 mm. from cell, 

 the second 41 mm. more distal, the third 2^ mm. more distal than the second at 



R'. Hindwing, pinkish ochraceous-buff, sprinkled over with tawny scales, basal 



half more grey ; three lines in outer half, convex in front, slightly concave behind, 

 nearly equidistant, approaching one another a little behind, the discal line crossing 

 R' barely 1§ mm. from cell, third line undulate between R^ and M'-, '2|| mm. from 

 outer margin at W ; traces of a fourth line between M' and abdominal margin, 

 space between this line and margin u]) to M- filled up with pinkish viuaceous- 

 rnfons scaling. 



Tenth tergite (PI. XXVI. f. 3(i) somewhat pear-shajjcd, rather abruptly narrowed 

 to a blunt, slightly curved hook : the greater part of the plate — the sides and the 

 hook excepted — membranaceous ; the sternite very narrow and long, deeply cleft, 

 the two lobes somewhat compressed and sharply pointed. Clasper with a naked 

 urea nccupying the greater part of the outside, this sjiace with minute granules ; 

 upi'x rouiidcd, ventrally more oblique than dorsally ; harpe (PI. XXXIII. f. 17) 

 very simple, the armature represented by a heavy basi-ventral dilatation of the 

 I'lasper (/>!(•), the jirojection triangular, irregularly ronnded and somewhat notched. . 

 i'eni.s-sliealh withdut external armature, but there are two flajis inside which 

 littvc serrated edges. 



? and early stages not known. 

 Ilab. Kiokwe, British East Africa. 

 Una (^ in the Tring Museum ('///"■). 



This is possibly tint ri of //i/i/w.titc, but the dilferences are snch tiuit we must 

 I consider them of sjjecific value. The dift'erences in colour between the species of 

 thiH genus are sometimes very slight : compare aSHimilis and pi/<jnrga, aiidosa and 

 eompar and coitnimilis ; hollandi and paupercula. 



